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Chefs square off in Taste of Grand Palladium

Published:Thursday | August 30, 2012 | 12:00 AM
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Chef Hayes Harris' stuffed beef with blue cheese and spinach, breaded shrimp in kiwi sauce served with sautéed herbs, vegetables and potatoes. - Sheena Gayle
Densel Brown's stuffed barbecue pork loin with spinach, tofu and carrots on top of boiled crushed buttered yam served with vegetables.
Pan-seared snapper and sugar cane-skewered shrimp with mashed potatoes and withered callaloo garnished with apple, peanut butte and Scotch bonnet gastrique.
Spicy rolled snapper stuffed with callaloo in coffee sauce accompanied with sweet potato and vegetables. Prepared by chef Gary Kerr .
Stuffed pork with mango chutney, Coca-Cola sauce served with sweet potato Irish breaded shrimp and sautéed vegetables by chef Tavika McDonald.
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The Taste of Grand Palladium in Hanover offered an excellent showcase of culinary talents that exist at the mega resort, as junior and senior chefs squared off in a delicious battle to claim the title.

From chef Hayes Harris' stuffed beef with blue cheese and spinach, breaded shrimp in kiwi sauce served with sautéed herbs, vegetables and potatoes, to the stuffed barbecue pork loins with spinach, tofu and carrots on top of boiled crushed buttered yam served with vegetables by chef Densel Brown. The chefs left it all in the flavours and the hands of the judges who decided whose meals were the best.

Staged on the lush property of Grand Palladium Resorts in Point, Hanover, several cooks and chefs were challenged beyond their comfort zone to woo the palates of judges with flavour and presentation.

According to two-time winner of the Taste of Grand Palladium competition, Damion Myers, the contest has allowed him to sharpen his culinary skills and lauds the effort of the resort in giving chefs and cooks a chance to do so.

His winning dish was the pan-seared snapper and sugar cane-skewered shrimp with mashed potatoes and withered callaloo garnished with apple, peanut butte and Scotch bonnet gastrique.

Here are some of the chefs delicious creations.